Joss me up

Twas the day after new years when not a drink was being stirred. 6 beings crept towards Joss with a foul and fiendish plan to get treated by the fattest of them all.

The menu was long and the atmosphere was warm. The waiter was friendly and the ordering was copious. The Mekong Whisky Fried Prawns I say, The Smoked Salmon Nori Sounds Good, The Oriental Crab Bisque sounds risque and bring on the Teppan Grilled Eastern Veg. The eating began and it was good. The wine from Hardy's said Riesling Gewurztraminer and it was drunk by the bottle. The Jura was 10 years old and that too was sipped. But ahead lay the main course.

The main course, The main course oh what shall we have for the main course. The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain but what about the course main ? Lead on The Wood Flavored Tender Ribs, Bring out the Grilled Lamb Chops, Lay Out the Prime Tenderloin steak and reinforce with the Tataki of Prime Beef. Prithee how can we forget the Bacon Wrapped Scallops or the Nori Maki Sushi.

That was the main course, that was the main course but then what about the dessert. The dessert, the dessert give the fat one his just desserts. The Hot Kahlua Chocolate Souffle is decent I heard vouched one. And twas twas. Glory Glory Halleleujah The Hot Kahlua Chocolate Souffle is absolute pleasure and sin. How can something like this be a mortal creation ?

The bill was long and the bill was onerous but the food was excellent and the desert extraordinary so the bill was paid.

The food was worth repeating but the bill the bill, the butcher's bill...

Ayub's - Yub Yub

My knowledge of late night eating joints is minimal nowadays. Considering that my genetics compel me to be in bed by 11 and up by 6 (More on that later. Hopefully much later) its a option I haven't exercised in a while. Then post a late movie in town ended up hungry around 1 am. Ayub's near Rhythm house was a memory from the past and it turned out to be good. Boti kebabs, Chicken tikkas, chicken reshmi tikkas, baida roti - Mutton and chicken, Shammi kebabs and blissful bottles of Thums Up. The kebabs were good (If slightly on the spicier side) and the baida rotis were divine. Oddly enough the car next to ours had people ordering Alu in various grilled avatars. Seriously takes all kinds. The service is fast and the place was buzzing. And the pricing was way too reasonable.....

My heart goes ding a Ling a Linga Ling

Dinner yesterday was at Ling's pavilion. Just incredibly good. Details follow

The Universal Being

Cafe Universal in town remains one of the few undiscovered joints (Read not that crowded). For a place thats situated so close to Excellensea its amazing how empty it always is (Except at lunchtimes on working days and Early evening on aforementioned days. Bloody lawyers and their disclaimers). The food is amazingly good. Had a bite of the diced steak which was just so steaky and the fries were also divine. The roast beef sandwich is just deliciously bland and ungarnishy while the steak on a bun is also quite quite amazing. Not as amazing as Burger King in Pune but amazing enough within striking distance. The fact that it serves beers and breezers truly make it even more puzzling (Hah. Betcha were expecting another amazing there) as to its massive emptiness. But then I do like the place and the emptiness just helps in the fact that you can chill there.

What we need is Military rule!!

There is this small little place called Military cafe in town. I used to eat there often back in my younger days and the food was astounding. Rikhav and I went back there when we really didnt want to mess with Brittania's food (Amazingly good thought it is). Military is also a parsi run joint with food that used to be up there. And to cut a long story short the food still is up there. We started off with a nice cold Beer (A amazingly severe lack of which cripples Brittania) and then worked our way through some Kheema Ghotala, Dal Gosht accompanied by slices of Pao. I don't know where Military gets it Pao from but I wants it all the time. The Dal Gosht was amazing and the Kheema was competetent. Unfortunately the Bheja was over (At 1.20 in the noon) but then it must have been good to get over so soon. Military also has specials through the working week and does consider Saturday to be the weekend. All this accompanied by a 300 ml bottle of Dukes Lemonade (That is also becoming a rarity- The 300 ml bottle that is) was bliss. And to finish it off there was one of the best Caramel Custards in town.

Mahesh

I have fond memories of Mahesh. Some of my first sea food experiences have been at Mahesh (Thank you Arvind!!). For some obscure reason I stopped going there when it became cheaper to drink at a quarter joint and then do Vandana for dinner. Whatever happened to Vandana incidentally ? Great sea food at Mahim it used to have. Anyway last weekend went there and was somehow disappointed. Its not like the food was inedible or bad but just bleah. It was competent but nothing stuck in my mind. The Bombil fry was done the bawa way with the whole fish being fried and not flattened but Brittania is much better, Ladyfish fry was so so and the pomfret in green sauce is way better at Excellensea. The only thing that stood out for me was the yellow dal which was a weird hybrid between Sambar and Dal oh and of course the wine list had some very decent wines. We had a nice tart Chilean white which cost us 1200 bucks which was a steal.